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Comedy spotlight

There are so many ways to tell a joke: Deadpan it, overact it, improvise it, write it for someone else to deliver. Tell it like a story, even though you clearly weren't there. Yell at it, incite it, make goofy hand gestures at it and stomp it into the stage. Tonight, with the opening act of the third consecutive Carolina Comedy Festival, University students will have a chance to try their hands at joke-telling techniques new and old. The last comic standing will get an opening spot on the bill for marquee comedian Lewis Black on Saturday, and a r

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